MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
Two questions are presented by the finding of facts in this case, to wit: —
1. Does the Abandoned and Captured Property Act, as extended by the act of July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 375), authorize a recovery in the Court of Claims for the proceeds of property captured and sold by the military authorities, without judicial condemnation, after July 17, 1862, and before March 12, 1863, but accounted...
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